Race Week is a time when Highlands County, especially Sebring, goes into host mode. The restaurants and hotels are full. The stores are all busy selling items that can be kept in the vehicle until ready to be devoured during …
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Promoting June Fisher to Avon Park’s city manager was a prediction that this newspaper made internally when she was hired in late December. In fact, we fully expected her to be named to the position of administrative services director/city clerk …
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We’ve spotted an unwelcome trend in Florida politics, and, for once, it doesn’t involve the usual suspects — such as guns, undocumented immigrants, tax cuts, or corporate welfare. This time, it’s a fundamental aspect of Florida’s Constitution and operations at …
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Servers in restaurants work hard for their money. We know that because we see them scurrying from table to table at busy mealtimes to make sure customers get the service they expect. We also know that these servers get paid …
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A direct line connects a free and independent press to the rule of law. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson understood the importance of a free press and democracy. His wisdom is proving correct every day — here and in parts of …
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‘Congress shall make no law … abridging … the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Most — well, many — Americans can list three freedoms guaranteed by the First …
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Only three weeks after the horror of Stoneman Douglas, the Florida Legislature passed and Gov. Rick Scott quickly signed into law broadly based legislation that appropriately restricts access to firearms while shoring up mental health services and enhancing school safety. …
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Florida lawmakers were wise in the 1970s when they implemented cost-effective programs to keep the state’s elderly population in their homes — postponing costly institutional placement. Knowing the state would far exceed others in the number of people here 60 …
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Residents and community leaders of Highway Park, a small community south of Lake Placid, gathered Friday night to learn more about the Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS program, the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office will be rolling out later this …
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No less a distinguished eminence than Winston Churchill argued that Daylight Saving Time expanded “the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country.” Here, here, Sir Winston! Never surrender an …
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